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1. Edited Draft of a Speech by Representative L. Mendel Rivers on Extending the Life of the Civil Rights Commission, September 5, 1959

Edited Draft of a Speech by Representative L. Mendel Rivers on Extending the Life of the Civil Rights Commission, September 5, 1959

Date:: 1959
Description:: Representative Rivers addresses the Speaker of the House, condemns the report by the Civil Rights Commission, and argues that the creation and continued existence of the Civil Rights Commission is a danger to the very survival of America as a free nation.